Hedysarum ecastaphyllum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1169. 1759.

["Habitat in America meridionali."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1052 (1763). RCN: 5172.

Basionym of: Pterocarpus ecastaphyllum (L.) L. (1774) .

Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 4: 78. 1920): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 887.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Dalbergia ecastaphyllum (L.) Taub. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: There are evidently differences between Linnaeus’ original (1759) account, and that in Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1052 (1763) - see Carvalho (in Brittonia 49: 107. 1997).